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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 932614, member: 5833&quot;]Same one, some different details/embellishments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks to me that by convention cephalophores may be shown carrying their severed head, but the head on a platter is specific to John the Baptist.&nbsp; The one above posted by NE does not have the head on a plate; it just looks that way because of the nimbus around the head in her hand, just like the one around the one that&#039;s attached.</p><p><br /></p><p>OP&#039;s piece has scrambled the traditions for this saint by putting the head on a serving dish instead of the eyes/not putting the head in her hand.&nbsp; The lettering is sloppy with variable spacing so some letters bump into others.&nbsp; It is an icon in style.&nbsp; Think it would not receive the imprimatur of any established church.</p><p><br /></p><p>Original question was old or new(ish).&nbsp; New.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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